Yoon Nofsinger, M.D. Tampa ENT Associates, 3450 E. Fletcher Ave, Tampa, FL 33613 Phone (813) 972-3353, Fax (813) 978 3667 CORN CORN Allergies The standard way of diagnosing food allergies is eliminating suspected foods from the diet for several weeks. If the symptoms ease, foods are reintroduced individually on a rotary diversified diet schedule. This process is very difficult, but the results are well worth it. In most cases, the allergic food may be reintroduced into the diet successfully using the rotary diversified diet. To begin your elimination diet, corn must be avoided in all forms. THREE FORMS OF CORN: 1. Fresh Corn – canned, frozen, roasting ear, fritters, succotash. 2. Dried Corn – corn flour, corn meal, cornstarch, grits hominy, parched corn, popcorn. 3. Refined Corn- corn flakes, corn oil, corn sugars, corn syrups, glucose, dextrose. MODES OF EXPOSURE Inhalant exposure: a. Fumes from cooking corn. b. Ironing starched clothes. c. Body powders and bath powders. Contact exposure: a. Starched clothing. b. Corn adhesives. Ingestant exposure: a. Corn products. b. Foods containing corn products. ALTERNATIVES TO CORN Corn-free cooking can be accomplished by using only fresh, non-packaged fruits, vegetables, meats or the use of home-canned foods where only beet or cane sugar have been used. Wesson Oil (soy), Kraft Cottonseed Oil, olive oil, pure safflower oil, butter, or pork lard may be used as cooking oils. Water packed foods may be used. Avoid powdered milk. Use bottled milk instead. Arrowroot may be substituted in equal parts in recipes calling for cornstarch. Yoon Nofsinger, M.D. Tampa ENT Associates, 3450 E. Fletcher Ave, Tampa, FL 33613 Phone (813) 972-3353, Fax (813) 978 3667 CORN FOODS WHICH MAY CONTAIN CORN: Adhesives Gelatin capsules Pastries Envelopes, Stamps, Gelatin dessert Peanut butters Stickers, Tapes Glucose products Peas, canned Ale Graham crackers Pickles Aspirin & Other tablets Grape juice Pies, creamed Bacon Gravies Pork & Beans* Baking Mixes Grits Powdered Sugar Baking powders Gums, chewing Preserves Bath Powder Batters for frying Gin Puddings Beers Ginger Ale Ravioli Bleached wheat flours* Hams- cured, tenderized Root Beer Bourbon & other whiskies Harvard beets Salad dressings* Bread and pastries Holiday type stickers Sandwich spreads Breath sprays & drops Ices Sauces for: Cakes Ice Creams* Sundaes, Meats, Fish Candy Inhalants Vegetables Canned foods Bath powders Sausages, cooked Carbonated beverages Body powder table ready Catsups Fumes of cooking corn Sherbets Cereals, many processed Hairsprays* Soft drinks Cheeses Popcorn Spaghetti* Chili - all forms Starch Soups, canned Chop Suey Starch, while ironing Sugar, powdered Chow Mein Talcum Syrups: Cartose, Coffee, instant Glucose, "Karo" Colas Jams "Sweetose Cookies Jellies Tablets* Confectioner’s sugar "Jell-O" Teas, instant Corn Flakes Ketchup Tooth paste Cram pies Laxatives* Tortillas Cream puffs Leavening agents Vanilla Cups, paper Baking Powders, yeasts Vegetables, canned Dates, confection Lemonade creamed, frozen* Deep fat frying mixtures Life Savers String Beans, Peas Dentifrices Liquors Vinegar, distilled Dextrose Margarines & Vitamins Shortenings Waffles Egg Nog Meats, processed & cold cuts Excipients or diluents in Bacon, Bologna Whiskies Capsules, Lozenges, Cooked with gravies "Scotch"* & Bourbon Ointments, Lunch ham, meat pies American brandies, Suppositories Wieners, (Frankfurters) Apple and Grape Tablets, Vitamins Milk, in paper cartons Wines, American Fish, prepared & processed Monosodium glutamate Dessert Flour, bleached* Noodles* Fortified Foods, fried Paper containers Sparkling French dressing Boxes, Cups, Plates Frostings Oils: deep frying Fruits: canned, frozen,juice, *Some brands are corn free ** Small amounts of corn is permitted without reporting its presence. .